Money Available For Home Owners In Wilson County
A $250000 grant to the Alamo RC&D will fund repairing failing septic systems in Wilson County. Rural homeowners must submit a one page application with two years tax returns to qualify. selected applicants receive full financial assistance. Application period June 5 to June 16, with help at NRCS Floresville office and Wilson County Emergency Management Agency.
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Bertha T. Venegas
Alamo Resource Conservation and Development
Rc&d
Wilson County
Alamo Rc&d
Natural Resources Conservation Service
NRCS
Tenth Street
Floresville
Wilson County Emergency Management Agency
3Rd Street
Poth Dumpster Open Saturdays for City Residents
The City of Poth will keep its dumpster available every Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to noon to help residents dispose of unwanted items. Fees apply per load: 2 dollars for small, 5 dollars for medium, 10 dollars for large, or as set by attendants, with no charge on the last Saturday of each month. Curbside service remains free during the first week of each month. Call City Hall at 484-2111 with questions.
Little League Closing Ceremonies This Saturday
Floresville Little League holds closing ceremonies on Saturday June 10 at 7 00 p m at River Park fields. Election for board members will be held then. Interested individuals should contact Dennis Gass at 216 2759 to submit names for the ballot.
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Floresville
Little League
River Park
Dennis Gass
May 2000 Floresville rainfall report by observer
August Merecka, Floresville local observer at Floresville Nursing Center, records May 2000 rainfall as 5 days totaling 6 inches. Yearly total reaches 12 inches, two inches above normal.
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Merecka
Floresville
Land Grant Graveyard Desecration Found In Elmendorf
Arocha family history recounts uncovering a long neglected Elmendorf graveyard on East 9th Street. tombstones removed or buried, yet one grave marker surfaced near adjacent land. The Arocha line ties to Lino Arocha and Encarnacion Urrutia Arocha, married 1841, with a Texas Revolution link via Antonio Cruz Arocha. Continued on Page 9.
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Galveston
Bexar
Wilson
Elmendorf
Arochas
Seguins
Traviesos
Urrutias
Texas
East 9Th Street
Lino Arocha
Encarnacion Urrutia Arocha
Francisco Arocha
Juana Curbelo
San Antonio de Bexar
Canary Islands
New Spain
Phillip V
Mexico
Lino
Antonio Cruz Arocha
Juan N. Seguin
9Th Company of
Texas Volunteers
The
Alamo
de San Rafael
Louisiana
Republic of Texas
Encarnacion Urrutia
Calaveras
Miguel
Josefa Arocha
Robert J. Guzman
Harlingen
Encarnacion Aruita Arocha
Elmendorf graveyard desecration spurs legal push
In Elmendorf Texas cousins Dave Bakker and Emil Delgado pursue justice after discovering a historic family graveyard was bulldozed for a mobile home site. They report finding only a few gravestones and seek court orders to explore, recover stones, or restore the site with a public display and marker.
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Robert J. Guzman
Elmendorf
Emil A. Delgado
San Antonio
Delgado
Guzman
Bexar County
Carlos Aristi
Summer Is Here Blood Drive at Floresville Wal-Mart
One in twenty Texans will need blood in their lifetime and the South Texas Blood & Tissue Center mobile unit will be at the Floresville Wal-Mart on Wednesday June 14 from 10 30 am to noon. Donors 17 or older, 110 pounds, in good health may give. A T shirt is provided. Identification is required.
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Wal-Mart
South Texas Blood & Tissue Center
Floresville
South Texas
STBTC
Baumann's Grocery Stores Celebrate 51st Anniversary
Henry Baumann marks 51 years in groceries with public celebration and prize drawings on Tuesday June 13 2000 at La Vernia and Floresville locations. Floresville offers hot dogs 2 for 51c with a free Pepsi. La Vernia offers 2 for 51c with a free Big Red while supplies last. ad runs June 7 through June 13.
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Henry Baumann
la Vernia
Floresville
Also Mentioned on This Page
Poth Dumster
City Hall
Cermonies
By Robert J. Guzman
Simon and
Juan Arocha
San Antonio River
Lake Calaveras
San Jacinto
By Dave Bakker
Baumann's Grocery Stores
Jim Helmke
Jeremy Angle
Edmond Pruski
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